kaw liga3  Hank Williams

Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:13:07 -0500




Kaw-Liga
Written By: Hank Williams and Fred Rose
Preformed By: Hank Williams
No. 1 Hit January, 1953


Em (making the sound of a tom-tom)



[Em] Kaw-Liga was a wooden indian standing by the door,
He fell in love with an indian maid over in the antique store.
KAW-LIGA, Just stood there and never let it [B7] show,
So she could never answer "Yes or No"  [Em]


He always wore his Sunday feathers and held a tomahawk,
The maiden wore beads and bradis and hoped someday he'd talk.
KAW-LIGA, Too stubborn to ever show a sign,
Becasue his heart was made of knotty pines. [E]


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[E] Poor Old Kaw-Liga, he never got a kiss
[A] Poor Old Kaw-Liga, he don't know what he missed.
Is he any wonder that his face is [B7] red?
Kaw-Liga, that poor old wooden [E] head. [Em]


Kaw-Liga was a lonley indian never went nowhere,
His heart was set on the indian maid with the coal black hair.
KAW-LIGA, Just stood there and never let it show,
So she could never answer "Yes or No"


Then one day a wealthy customer bought the indian maid,
And took her oh so far away but old Kaw-Liga stayed.
KAW-LIGA, Just stands there as lonley as can be,
And wishes he was still an old pine tree.


Chorus